MySpace, though, is the anti-thesis of government. It's about freedom. Indeed. It's about giving the technologically inept individual the power to suck total ass on the intarweb, because Geocities never made it easy enough back in the day.
Besides, republicans already have their propaganda machine too *cough* Fox News *cough* Ann Coulter *Cough* What, as opposed to Obama's fanboys comprising the entire rest of the media?
Remember, Mark Cuban also claims to have made his saving throw to disbelieve the Safe Harbor provisions of the DMCA. If I were Google, I'd rely on my own attorneys for legal advice, and not some self-important blowhard who pretends that important legal concepts don't exist when they don't protect his own financial interests.
Brian: You wanna know how to get women? There's only one place to observe. (They go outside and look over at Quagmire's house.) Just watch. Woman:(runs out the front door) I am not doing that, Glenn! Quagmire: Come on, beautiful! Keep an open mind! Woman: You're a sick man! Quagmire:(yells) Hey, keep it down! I don't want my neighbors seeing a fat, old, dirty whore screaming at me on my front lawn. Woman: Whore?! (pauses, then more calmly) Well, maybe I should come inside. Quagmire: Well, maybe you should. Stewie: What the deuce? Why the hell would she respond so positively to such a negative comment? Unless... Brian, do women like it when you treat them like crap? Brian: Well I don't know if you wanna be so black and white about it - Stewie: Wait, that's it! Women respond when you treat them like crap!
Given the legitimate threats we face, providing effective intelligence collection tools with appropriate safeguards is too important to delay. So I support the compromise, but do so with a firm pledge that as president, I will carefully monitor the program. In other words, "I firmly believe that I'm going to be the next President, so, being a forward-thinker, I want to make sure I have as much power as possible available to me. Therefore, I'm going along with this 'compromise' bill. Oh, but I'll be careful not to abuse such power, even though there won't be any pre-emptive oversight, and even though that's the same thing the Bush administration said."
This is a civil matter, though, not an offense. If my neighbor backs into my car, the President can pardon them for the ticket they get for running into me, but I still get to sue them to get recompensed for the damage to my car.
On a side note, I wish the earlier poster had elucidated us on what part of the Constitution he was referring to, instead of being cryptic about it. I'm not nearly familiar enough with Constitutional law to reach a conclusion on whether he's right or not.
As for Congress, thank the obstructionist Republicans for the rating. Personally, I blame all of them, on both sides. They've all been playing politics in favor of their parties in ever-increasing intensity since the '90s, if not before.
The US House of Representatives has internal rules governing the germaneness of amendments (that is, amendments to bills must be on-topic). The Senate has no such rules, so lots of stuff gets introduced there.
this is a way to expand opposition to the bill. Poison pills are a tool usually used by the minority, because while they don't control the calendar, they often get an opportunity to propose amendments to bills in committee or on the floor. The majority can simply opt not to bring the bill up for a vote, or can let it stall out in committee, etc.
The first step to making democrats strong on national security is standing up to republicans. Aren't the Democrats in charge of Congress now? If they really really believed* in making the telecoms answer for their actions, it would be a cinch to do so, simply by sitting on their thumbs and letting the trial go forward. It's pretty obvious that enough Democrats believe they're getting something in exchange for giving the telecoms immunity, or else we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
* Yes, I know, some do, but apparently not enough of them, and not the right ones.
On a side note, I oppose telecom immunity, but I'm certainly no "progressive", and many others with libertarian views don't categorize themselves that way, either.
The problem with the unmotivated kids not learning is their parents. The problem with the motivated kids not learning is the unmotivated kids fscking things up for everyone else.
Obviously we need a wide range of power generation methods. I was explaining to you why nuclear has to be one of those methods, and is, in fact, the most important one in the short- to medium-term.
I mean why would anyone want to encourage a wide range of smaller but much safer and more sustainable solutions? Hmmm...... perhaps because they are inappropriate for solving the problem on their own? Wind and solar are well-suited for handling peak load, since for wind there is no guarantee of continuous output, while for solar, there is no output at night. You need a continuously-on plant for maintaining base load, and nuclear easily fits the bill (as do coal, gas, and oil plants, but the point here is to reduce carbon emissions).
As for geothermal, how many locations does the US have that are suitable?
McCain is simply following the Bush stance on 'alternative energy' As opposed to the "cry loudly over the dangers of climate change, but then staunchly oppose any reasonably implementable solution that anyone comes up with, because somebody might manage to make a profit off of it" stance?
By the way, in your back- and logic-straining efforts to link McCain directly to Bush, you've managed to completely ignore an important difference between the two on this topic: while the Bush administration has been criticized for censoring government scientists who favor analyses supporting anthropogenic global warming, McCain has gone on the campaign trail stating that global warming is a very real problem that we need to do something about (e.g., build nuclear plants, wind farms, and solar plants, and research clean coal technology and carbon sequestration).
This is one reason why school vouchers are so important, so that parents of smart kids can rescue them by putting them in a proper learning environment, regardless of their economic situation.
You are X. You think you are intelligent. (Everybody does) You think that people that agree with you are also intelligent. (Everybody does) That's pretty much the underpinning for every Internet flame war ever.
So, as it turns out, we really did have the right to record TV shows to watch them later, until legislation and technology began acting together to snuff out those rights.
Yes, it's a government job, and the government gives pretty good benefits, but why work as a civil servant when you could get a higher-paying job in private industry doing work under contract for DARPA?
D2D's DRM isn't enabling jack. A DRM-free game could achieve all the same features you mentioned (same as with DRM-free audio tracks). The only thing the DRM does is mollify the content publishers.
That said, the sort of DRM that Direct2Drive and other similar services use is fairly unobtrusive when compared to SecuROM and its ilk.
solar power -> through existing electric infrastructure -> to the battery of your electric car/mower/series of tubes Say it with me now: nu-cu-lar.
Solar power isn't suitable for maintaining base load. Yes, it should still be developed, and yes, where people can install it on their rooftops, they should. But solar power only works for half the day (fortunately, the daylight half, during peak usage).
You still need something that can run 24/7 to cover base load, and the cleanest thing for that is nuclear power. The issues of waste disposal and safety have been overblown by paranoid environmaniacs whose main focus is "sticking it to the man" by making us all sit around in the dark, rather than developing a plan to generate the electricity we need and be able to sequester 100% of the waste produced in the process.
Perhaps one day we'll be able to move on to fusion power, at which point we'll have millions of years' worth of resources to burn, but until that happy day, we should make use of all the options we have available as appropriate to cover our needs.
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Remember, Mark Cuban also claims to have made his saving throw to disbelieve the Safe Harbor provisions of the DMCA. If I were Google, I'd rely on my own attorneys for legal advice, and not some self-important blowhard who pretends that important legal concepts don't exist when they don't protect his own financial interests.
Brian: You wanna know how to get women? There's only one place to observe. (They go outside and look over at Quagmire's house.) Just watch.
Woman: (runs out the front door) I am not doing that, Glenn!
Quagmire: Come on, beautiful! Keep an open mind!
Woman: You're a sick man!
Quagmire: (yells) Hey, keep it down! I don't want my neighbors seeing a fat, old, dirty whore screaming at me on my front lawn.
Woman: Whore?! (pauses, then more calmly) Well, maybe I should come inside.
Quagmire: Well, maybe you should.
Stewie: What the deuce? Why the hell would she respond so positively to such a negative comment? Unless... Brian, do women like it when you treat them like crap?
Brian: Well I don't know if you wanna be so black and white about it -
Stewie: Wait, that's it! Women respond when you treat them like crap!
Gotta love this:
Given the legitimate threats we face, providing effective intelligence collection tools with appropriate safeguards is too important to delay. So I support the compromise, but do so with a firm pledge that as president, I will carefully monitor the program. In other words, "I firmly believe that I'm going to be the next President, so, being a forward-thinker, I want to make sure I have as much power as possible available to me. Therefore, I'm going along with this 'compromise' bill. Oh, but I'll be careful not to abuse such power, even though there won't be any pre-emptive oversight, and even though that's the same thing the Bush administration said."I have more than 50 feeds in my aggregator (Sage), but easily the most important of these is http://feeds.feedburner.com/ICanHasCheezburger .
This is a civil matter, though, not an offense. If my neighbor backs into my car, the President can pardon them for the ticket they get for running into me, but I still get to sue them to get recompensed for the damage to my car.
On a side note, I wish the earlier poster had elucidated us on what part of the Constitution he was referring to, instead of being cryptic about it. I'm not nearly familiar enough with Constitutional law to reach a conclusion on whether he's right or not.
The US House of Representatives has internal rules governing the germaneness of amendments (that is, amendments to bills must be on-topic). The Senate has no such rules, so lots of stuff gets introduced there.
* Yes, I know, some do, but apparently not enough of them, and not the right ones.
On a side note, I oppose telecom immunity, but I'm certainly no "progressive", and many others with libertarian views don't categorize themselves that way, either.
The problem with the unmotivated kids not learning is their parents. The problem with the motivated kids not learning is the unmotivated kids fscking things up for everyone else.
Obviously we need a wide range of power generation methods. I was explaining to you why nuclear has to be one of those methods, and is, in fact, the most important one in the short- to medium-term.
As for geothermal, how many locations does the US have that are suitable?
Actually, McCain opposes drilling for oil in the ANWR.
By the way, in your back- and logic-straining efforts to link McCain directly to Bush, you've managed to completely ignore an important difference between the two on this topic: while the Bush administration has been criticized for censoring government scientists who favor analyses supporting anthropogenic global warming, McCain has gone on the campaign trail stating that global warming is a very real problem that we need to do something about (e.g., build nuclear plants, wind farms, and solar plants, and research clean coal technology and carbon sequestration).
This is one reason why school vouchers are so important, so that parents of smart kids can rescue them by putting them in a proper learning environment, regardless of their economic situation.
You think you are intelligent. (Everybody does)
You think that people that agree with you are also intelligent. (Everybody does) That's pretty much the underpinning for every Internet flame war ever.
For your reading pleasure:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.
So, as it turns out, we really did have the right to record TV shows to watch them later, until legislation and technology began acting together to snuff out those rights.
Yes, it's a government job, and the government gives pretty good benefits, but why work as a civil servant when you could get a higher-paying job in private industry doing work under contract for DARPA?
D2D's DRM isn't enabling jack. A DRM-free game could achieve all the same features you mentioned (same as with DRM-free audio tracks). The only thing the DRM does is mollify the content publishers.
That said, the sort of DRM that Direct2Drive and other similar services use is fairly unobtrusive when compared to SecuROM and its ilk.
As others have mentioned, it really is "Mister" Saavik.
They even hung a lantern on this in the pilot episode of Voyager, where Harry Kim called Captain Janeway "sir", and she verbally beat his ass for it.
Solar power isn't suitable for maintaining base load. Yes, it should still be developed, and yes, where people can install it on their rooftops, they should. But solar power only works for half the day (fortunately, the daylight half, during peak usage).
You still need something that can run 24/7 to cover base load, and the cleanest thing for that is nuclear power. The issues of waste disposal and safety have been overblown by paranoid environmaniacs whose main focus is "sticking it to the man" by making us all sit around in the dark, rather than developing a plan to generate the electricity we need and be able to sequester 100% of the waste produced in the process.
Perhaps one day we'll be able to move on to fusion power, at which point we'll have millions of years' worth of resources to burn, but until that happy day, we should make use of all the options we have available as appropriate to cover our needs.